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We Represent the Loli-Bot Guild...

Japan builds a Loli-bot, uses her to...sell clothes?

It
walks like a model, and has big eyes, a small nose, and a cute smile,
according to this
report. It also looks like a twelve year old, at least in a couple of these photos. The cute but
apparently nameless robot debuted at the National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology's fair in Ibaraki today.
She has a 90-pound battery that gives her about 20 minutes of use
time when fully charged.

It's
unclear exactly what the robot can do besides walk and make some cute
facial expressions, but apparently on the 23
she'll appear at Japan Fashion Week, and the makes are hoping that
within a year they can sell her as a “walking mannequin” for
department stores.

I
tend to go to department stores on sale days when they're crowded, so
I think a walking mannequin might be more trouble than it'd be worth
(not to mention somewhat creepy), but I guess if these were Akihabara
department stores it might tie in to the Electric Town theme.